| 3D camouflage in an ornithischian dinosaur J Vinther, R Nicholls, S Lautenschlager, M Pittman, TG Kaye, E Rayfield, ... Current Biology 26 (18), 2456-2462, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Morphological data sets fit a common mechanism much more poorly than DNA sequences and call into question the Mkv model PA Goloboff, M Pittman, D Pol, X Xu Systematic Biology 68 (3), 494-504, 2019 | 90 | 2019 |
| Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching Z Yang, B Jiang, ME McNamara, SL Kearns, M Pittman, TG Kaye, PJ Orr, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (1), 24-30, 2019 | 90 | 2019 |
| A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China X Xu, J Choiniere, M Pittman, Q Tan, D Xiao, Z Li, L Tan, J Clark, M Norrell, ... Zootaxa, 1-9, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Potential for powered flight neared by most close avialan relatives, but few crossed its thresholds R Pei, M Pittman, PA Goloboff, TA Dececchi, MB Habib, TG Kaye, ... Current Biology 30 (20), 4033-4046. e8, 2020 | 73 | 2020 |
| Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features X Xu, P Currie, M Pittman, L Xing, Q Meng, J Lü, D Hu, C Yu Nature Communications 8 (1), 1-12, 2017 | 73 | 2017 |
| Basal paravian functional anatomy illuminated by high-detail body outline X Wang, M Pittman, X Zheng, TG Kaye, AR Falk, SA Hartman, X Xu Nature Communications 8 (1), 1-6, 2017 | 70 | 2017 |
| A monodactyl nonavian dinosaur and the complex evolution of the alvarezsauroid hand X Xu, C Sullivan, M Pittman, J Choiniere, D Hone, P Upchurch, Q Tan, ... PNAS 108 (6), 2338-2342, 2011 | 70 | 2011 |
| Laser-stimulated fluorescence in paleontology TG Kaye, AR Falk, M Pittman, PC Sereno, LD Martin, DA Burnham, ... PLOS ONE 10 (5), e0125923, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| The taxonomic status of the Late Cretaceous dromaeosaurid Linheraptor exquisitus and its implications for dromaeosaurid systematics X Xu, M Pittman, J Choiniere, C Sullivan, J Clark, QW Tan, MA Norell, ... Vertebrate PalAsiatica 53 (1), 29-62, 2015 | 49* | 2015 |
| Structure and homology of Psittacosaurus tail bristles G Mayr, M Pittman, E Saitta, TG Kaye, J Vinther Palaeontology 59 (6), 793-802, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| New evidence for a trophic relationship between the dinosaurs Velociraptor and Protoceratops D Hone, J Choiniere, C Sullivan, X Xu, M Pittman, Q Tan Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 291 (3), 488-492, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Shake a tail feather: the evolution of the theropod tail into a stiff aerodynamic surface M Pittman, SM Gatesy, P Upchurch, A Goswami, JR Hutchinson PLOS ONE 8 (5), e63115, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Osteology of the alvarezsauroid Linhenykus monodactylus from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China, and comments on alvarezsauroid biogeography X Xu, P Upchurch, Q Ma, M Pittman, J Choiniere, C Sullivan, D Hone, ... Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 (1), 25-46, 2013 | 39* | 2013 |
| Osteology of a new late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia R Pei, MA Norell, DE Barta, GS Bever, M Pittman, X Xu American Museum Novitates 2017 (3889), 1-47, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| Pennaraptoran theropod dinosaurs past progress and new frontiers M Pittman, X Xu Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 440 (1), 1-355, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Preservation of feather fibers from the Late Cretaceous dinosaur Shuvuuia deserti raises concern about immunohistochemical analyses on fossils ET Saitta, I Fletcher, P Martin, M Pittman, TG Kaye, LD True, MA Norell, ... Organic Geochemistry 125, 142-151, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research A Roy, M Pittman, ET Saitta, TG Kaye, X Xu Biological Reviews 95 (1), 22-50, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| An oviraptorid preserved atop an embryo-bearing egg clutch sheds light on the reproductive biology of non-avialan theropod dinosaurs S Bi, R Amiot, CP de Fabrčgues, M Pittman, MC Lamanna, Y Yu, C Yu, ... Science Bulletin 66 (9), 947-954, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| The biogeography of coelurosaurian theropods and its impact on their evolutionary history A Ding, M Pittman, P Upchurch, J O'Connor, DJ Field, X Xu Pennaraptoran Theropod Dinosaurs: Past Progress and New Frontiers 440, 117-157, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
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